He thought he was checking out illegal logging in the Idaho mountains-until he found a German Shepherd locked in a frozen cage, staring at him like it had been waiting for exactly one person

and treated every local witness with the same careful respect. Jenna handled injured wildlife that had survived the traps and documented what had not. Ray drove roads at odd hours until everyone in town knew he was sleeping in pieces.

Grant did what he had always done best. He noticed patterns.

He took volunteers into the woods in pairs and taught them continue reading …